Calgary (AB), Canada – Several Canadian Olympic alpine ski racers were in Calgary on Tuesday to launch the Bombardier Lake Louise Winterstart, as the world’s best Olympic alpine ski racers prepare to kick off the new Olympic cycle in Canada later this month with the opening speed races of the FIS World Cup season.nThe Bombardier Lake Louise Winterstart begins Nov. 27 with the men’s downhill event followed by the men’s super G on the 28th. The women’s event will take place the following weekend with a downhill on Dec. 3 and 4 and a super G on the 5th.

“My goal in Lake Louise this year is to have two good races, not just one,” said Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Vancouver, British Columbia, a 2010 Olympian who also won the World Cup super G in Lake Louise last season.

Osborne-Paradis placed 16th in the downhill the day before winning last year’s super G.

“Lake Louise a great place to start the season. It’s not considered by the athletes to be the hardest, but if you make one small mistake at any time, you’ve lost your shot at the podium. So you have to have a flawless race to be on the podium,” said Osborne-Paradis. “I have been training a lot in giant slalom leading up to this race. That’s what I did last year and it paid off, so I am hoping that happens again.”

Canadians have a rich history of success at the Bombardier Lake Louise Winterstart, with nine podium results in men’s and women’s races since 2006, including three at last year’s event. Osborne-Paradis, Jan Hudec and John Kucera have all won World Cup races in Lake Louise.

The 2010 Bombardier Lake Louise Winterstart is a free event for fans to attend that includes a public festival area. ACA partner Panasonic will also be shooting some of the training runs in 3D, later providing supporters in Lake Louise on the women’s race weekend with an opportunity to view television in 3D.

The 2010 Bennett Jones Lake Louise Business Forum, now in its eighth year, also brings a panel of business leaders to the event to provide insights on topics that are current and international in scope during men’s weekend races.